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WTB: Boston Whaler 235 or 255 Conquest Boat Ready to buy a 235 Conquest or single engine 255 Conquest. Must have hardtop and be in very good to excellent condition. Solid buyer moving up from a 205 Conquest with cash for the right boat. Located in NJ - 07733 Holmdel. Will travel. Please CONTACT: app...

WTB: Boston Whaler 235 or 255 Conquest Boat Ready to buy a 235 Conquest or single engine 255 Conquest. Must have hardtop and be in very good to excellent condition. Solid buyer moving up from a 205 Conquest with cash for the right boat. Located in NJ - 07733 Holmdel. Will travel. Please CONTACT: app...

My 205 Conquest with 2006 Mercury VERADO 150-HP engine has a problem with its Smartcraft SC1000 tachometer and speedometer gauges. On the first use this season, the digital readout on the Smartcraft SC1000 tachometer was okay, but on the dial pointer gauge the dial pointer inidicator stays at 0 (zer...

Wrapping this up....Once I freed a stuck fitting, I replaced the Mercury trim motor with an Arco 6250. I coated the new motor in Boshield T9 and put a coat of marine grease on top of that. I also installed a new anode on the trim bracket and made certain it had electrical continuity to the whole bra...

Thank you both for your comments. Two quick responses: I replace the motor bracket anode with the Mercury or Quicksilver aluminum part each spring. As noted earlier, it never deteriorates more than about 5%. The trim motor is completely shut off from the positive electrical connection when I shut of...

Thanks Butch! I don not keep the lower unit in the water. The Verado stays up on the trailer bracket but the skeg does dunk during waves. The bottom of the transom engine bracket is submerged. The lowest point on that bracket is the sacrificial anode. I take the batteries out each winter. They are j...

Thank you both. There are three devices connected to unswitched battery power: the bilge pump via a float switch; a dash voltmeter that looks at the starboard and port batteries via an A/B selector switch; and the Smartcraft system. All of these items are in the boat with the exception of a Smartcra...

I am opening this thread again as my second trim motor is now corroding badly as well. Please give me suggestions on how to avoid corrosion of the trim motor on my Mercury 150 VERADO engine. BACKSTORY> I have a 2006 205 Conquest with a 2006 Mercury 150 Verado--a great setup. The Verado has been terr...

I would like comments from readers who have first-hand experience replacing or servicing a corroded Verado 150HP Trim Pump/

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks--Jim.

Hi. I have a 2006 150 Verado on a 205 Conquest. The power trim pump is working , but the pump is very corroded. I've purchased an Arco pump to replace it. Give me some tips on the process to replace the OEM trim pump with the aftermarket ARCO pump/ It seems [the replacement of the OEM pump with the ...